BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan trails in Kanyakumari LS bypoll by over 1 lakh votes
The Hindu
According to Election Commission figures late afteroon, Vijay Vasanth has bagged 53.64% votes while Radhakrishnan 38.61%
Senior BJP leader and former union minister Pon Radhakrishnan was trailing by a margin of 1,11,491 votes against his rival Vijay Vasanth of the Congress in the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency. The bypoll was necessitated following the death of Congress-veteran H Vasantha Kumar last year due to COVID-19. Vasantha Kumar's son Vijayakumar alias Vijay Vasanth is pitted against Pon Radhakrishnan who had earlier won from this constituency in 2014.
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